In the Lake of the Woods Movie Review 1996

Senatorial candidate John Waylan (Strauss) finds his political campaign crashing down when a journalist reveals his part in a Vietnam massacre of civilians. He and wife Kathy (Quinlan) retire to a lakeside cottage to lick their wounds and repair their tattered marriage. But Kathy finds it difficult to reach her distant and increasingly disturbed husband, who's having wartime flashbacks. Then Kathy disappears and the local police, as well as Kathy's sister, suspect that John killed her. Very disturbing TV movie, adapted from the novel by Tim O'Brien.

Distribution

Available on VHS
Running time 90 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Marriage, Politics & Government, Vietnam War

Screenplay

Philip Rosenberg

Cast

Peter Strauss, Kathleen Quinlan, Peter Boyle, Richard Anderson, Ken Pogue, Nancy Sorel

Cinematography

Dietrich Lohmann

Director

Carl Schenkel

Music

Don Davis

Producer

Edwin Self, Richard Welsh